Richard Chromik

Professor · McGill University · company speakers →

RICHARD CHROMIK is a Professor of Materials Engineering and director of the McGill Surface Engineering and Coatings Tribology Laboratory. He has over 30 years of research experience in the field of surface engineering and has made most of his contributions in field of coatings tribology, often developing protective coatings for harsh environments found in aerospace, hydropower, mining and other heavy industries. He has published over 200 papers on mechanical properties and tribology of coatings manufactured by cold spray, thermal spray, CVD, PVD and electrodeposition. He is a member of the editorial board for Surface and Coatings Technology and Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. He is also a board member for Wear of Materials, Inc. and is a past conference chair for WOM2025.

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Speaking history

Conference of Metallurgy and Materials

17 August 2026 Calgary, Canada “Using the Third Body Concept to Engineer Wear-Resistant Metal-Matrix Composite Coatings”

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materials-metalsmining-resourcesindustrial-equipment

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